- Greater Egyptian Jerboa
Taxobox
name = Greater Egyptian Jerboa
fossil_range = LatePliocene - Recent
status = LC | status_system = IUCN3.1
regnum =Animalia
phylum =Chordata
classis =Mammalia
ordo =Rodent ia
familia =Dipodidae
genus = "Jaculus"
species = "J. orientalis"
binomial = "Jaculus orientalis"
binomial_authority = Erxleben, 1777
synonyms = The Greater Egyptian Jerboa ("Jaculus orientalis") is a species ofrodent in theDipodidae family. It is found inAlgeria ,Egypt ,Israel ,Libya ,Morocco ,Saudi Arabia , andTunisia . Its naturalhabitat s are subtropical or tropical dryshrubland , sandy shores, andarable land .References
* Aulagnier, S. 2004. [http://www.iucnredlist.org/search/details.php/10913/all Jaculus orientalis] . [http://www.iucnredlist.org 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. ] Downloaded on
29 July 2007 .
*Holden, M. E. and G. G. Musser. 2005. Family Dipodidae. Pp. 871-893 "in" Mammal Species of the World a Taxonomic and Geographic Reference. D. E. Wilson and D. M. Reeder eds. Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore.
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